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· 3/14/1991

Commonwealth v. Beldotti

Citations

  • 567 N.E.2d 1219
  • 409 Mass. 553
  • 1991 Mass. LEXIS 115

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • testing results of occult blood from murder suspect's hands and arms based on invalid warrant not subject to exclusion in view of minimal intrusion and likelihood of inevitable discovery
  • testing results of occult blood from murder suspect’s hands and arms based on invalid warrant not subject to exclusion in view of minimal intrusion and likelihood of inevitable discovery
  • denying exclusion of evidence because intrusion was minimal, but noting “we do not rely on any theory the police were proceeding in good faith reliance [on] a defective search warrant”
  • testing results of occult blood from murder suspect’s hands and arms based on invalid warrant not subject to exclusion in view of minimal intrusion and likelihood of inevitable discovery
  • applying miscarriage of justice analysis to unpreserved assertion of error in empanelling jury
  • statement that in isolation might shift burden of proof not error when followed by Webster charge

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Judges: Liacos, Wilkins, Nolan, O'Connor, Greaney

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